<p>cbush9, while the link provided above is helpful, that also is just the stats of those admitted in the ED round (often an ED pool can be stronger than the RD pool of applicants to a selective college). For any college, the profile of admitted students is published and so it is more useful than anecdotal information. </p>
<p>For Northwestern, some basics about admissions…</p>
<p>27% accepted overall
40% admit rate for Early Decision
50% of the freshmen are accepted through ED (which means the admit rate in RD is lower than the overall acceptance rate)
Mid SATs: CR 670-750, M 690-780, W 670-760, Combined CR/M 1360-1530, total 2030-2290
Mid ACT 31-33
90% from top 10% of high school class, 99% from top 25% of HS class</p>
<p>However, please realize at very selective colleges, such as Northwestern, you cannot go by stats alone as it doesn’t work that way. Other factors are also very important such as rigor of curriculum, essays, recommendations, strength of extracurriculars and achievements, etc.</p>
<p>If your high school uses Naviance, you can get an idea of the SATs and GPA of students from your high school who have applied to Northwestern and their admissions results.</p>